Volume 4: The Cataclysm Chapter 157 Swamp
In the dark underground cave, on the winding path, a figure flashes forward.
This is the southernmost area of the Underdark. After passing through the Rosen Fortress Group and reaching the southern end, you will arrive at the most remote southern part of the dark world.
The terrain here is more complex, the caves are more messy and intricate, and there are no large underground spaces like those in the central area.
Relying on the memories of his previous life and the incomplete map given by Riven, Marvin was able to advance very quickly.
He could feel the soil becoming gradually moister.
Along the way, he encountered several dark elf warriors, but Marvin avoided them all.
The night walker’s greatest advantage—dark vision—has been brought into full play. In this dark world where one cannot see one’s hand in front of one’s face, he is the real king!
In addition to humanoid creatures, he also killed a few blind monsters along the way.
With Marvin's current legendary strength, even if we look at the entire Underdark, there are only a handful of people who can stop him.
At level 22, many monsters can't even cause damage to him.
As long as Marvin avoids those strange creatures with divine or legendary templates, he is invincible.
Perhaps because there are too many underground creatures lurking near the Great Whirlpool, there are very few people in the south.
Marvin did pass by a few places that were obviously tribal caves or village settlements, but they were all empty at this time.
Under the unprecedented pressure of the dark phantom, the survival of the underground race has indeed reached a critical point, which made Marvin sigh secretly in his heart.
For humans on the surface, underground creatures are simply a scourge - half of the same creatures that grow up in the harsh environment of the Underdark are much stronger than their counterparts on the surface. Here, the law of survival of the fittest is more fully exerted.
But even so, the underground race was still caught off guard in front of the Dark Phantom clan, which subverted Fenan's understanding of biological creatures.
It would not be an exaggeration to describe the current dark world as being seriously damaged. Marvin believed that even if they could repel the attack of the phantom ghosts this time, or even kill the final ghost mother, it would take a very long time for the dark world to recover through recuperation.
This is actually similar to Fernando.
It’s just that one is a catastrophe and the other is the eruption of permafrost.
In this era, no matter where you are in the world, you will encounter unprecedented disasters.
This is the real catastrophe.
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As the soil became gradually moister, Marvin moved faster.
Long distance runs in the underground space were actually very tiring, so at Riven's suggestion, he bought a docile rock lizard from the Rosen Fortress as his mount.
He consumed some experience gained from killing and quickly upgraded his [Special Talent·Riding·Rock Lizard] to the maximum level.
In this way, he is no different from an ordinary dark elf warrior.
The footsteps of rock lizards are light and silent, but their speed is amazing. Their limbs and bellies are all pressed against the stone wall or the ground, and the friction sound is very small.
More importantly, as native inhabitants of the underground, despite having been domesticated, rock lizards also possess a fairly good ability to avoid danger.
Because of this humble mount, Marvin has avoided several ominous forces.
He came to the southern Underdark not to kill people indiscriminately. The most important thing was to complete his mission as quickly as possible.
As time goes by, the unchanging low caves and the hollow sound of air flow will paralyze many people.
But Marvin remained alert at all times, thinking about many things and constantly calibrating his direction.
In a place like this, if you are not careful, you will get lost.
Although Marvin had spent some time in the Underdark in his previous life , he was not a native of the Underdark after all, so he had to be cautious in everything he did.
After spending more than three hours crossing a complex group of low-lying caves, Marvin finally arrived at a relatively open area.
At this point, the underground space begins to show a clear downward slope.
After passing a gentle slope covered with moss, a vast and endless swamp appeared in Marvin's sight.
【Rotten Mushroom Swamp】.
In the eyes of the natives of the Underdark, this swamp is called the Swamp of Death.
Many people who tried to break in were turned into ghost lights floating on the swamp.
Marvin gazed coldly into the depths of the swamp.
But in the swamp, there were pieces of duckweed mixed with soil, with bubbles popping up occasionally. Not far away, there were also a few creepy corpses.
Green fireflies are looming.
Further ahead, it was blocked by a thick fog.
The rock lizard under him raised its feet uneasily, as if it sensed something.
"Rotten Mushroom Swamp..."
"Judging from the thickness of the fog, that woman is still living here."
"Hehe... I've found the scroll of Phantom Defense."
Marvin sneered and pulled the rock lizard, but did not go deeper into the swamp.
They started to head east along the gentle slope. Marvin knew that if they went directly into the swamp, it would be a dead end!
Because this swamp is a very scary maze and trap.
A natural swamp would not be so dangerous; the reason why the Rotten Mushroom Swamp is called the Death Swamp is because there lives a snake witch in the swamp!
That was a witch who betrayed Anzedi!
According to the information obtained in the previous life, the snake witch failed in the struggle for the witch king many years ago, and betrayed the entire Anze land in a rage, and even sold the location of the Anze land witch headquarters to Anze land's biggest enemy at the time. She herself ran to the dark area and hid, concentrating on studying poisons and alchemy, which she was best at.
The Witch King stripped her of her supreme authority to cast spells, but she still possesses considerable magical abilities.
She herself is a descendant of the devil, possesses many spell-like abilities, and is extremely talented. Over the past few hundred years , her poisonology, alchemy, and spellcasting abilities have reached top levels in the entire Underdark.
However, she still had no way to leave the swamp .
Because after Anze solved the biggest trouble, the witch king at that time found her and cast a curse on her.
The curse is: she will remain ugly forever, never be able to see the sunlight, and anyone who sees her will feel hatred.
The Snake Witch was extremely angry, but there was nothing she could do, so she hid in this dark swamp and tried to break the curse of the Witch King.
And after so many years, the results of her hard work seem to have finally made a breakthrough.
However, she cannot lift the curse by herself , she needs help from others.
This is a brief introduction to a series of tasks.
Marvin also saw it in a forum post in his previous life.
The latter also posted the detailed process to show off that he had obtained the Blade of Sosodoma from the Bloody Emperor.
In this life, Marvin got a bargain.
"If that post isn't wrong, there should be a River Styx here."
Marvin sat on the rock lizard and headed eastward. Finally, a winding river appeared in front of him.
At that moment, he felt the temperature around him dropped by more than ten degrees!
